FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO ... UNTIL 1:00 AM MDT AT 858 PM MDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR CROSSROADS AND ADJACENT STATE HIGHWAY 206 AND STATE HIGHWAY 125. 1 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN IN THESE AREAS IN THE LAST HOUR AND MORE HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... NORTHERN LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... UNTIL 1230 AM MDT THE HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO TATUM AS WELL. ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHEASTERN CURRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO EASTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO UNTIL 11:00 PM COMMUNITIES SUCH AS MILNESAND... CAUSEY...LINGO AND ARCH WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED. DON'T CROSS FLOODED ROADS. NIGHTTIME THUNDERSTORMS WILL FOCUS OVER MAINLY EASTERN PARTS OF THE STATE. THIS ACTIVITY WILL WANE DURING THE LATE EVENING BUT ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS COULD LINGER AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE REST OF THIS WORK WEEK WILL SEE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAINING ACTIVE OVER NEW MEXICO AS UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BE CENTERED EAST OF THE STATE. HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD COOL A DEGREE OR TWO EACH DAY IN THE WEST DUE TO MORE NUMEROUS STORMS...WHILE THE EAST WILL STAY SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE. ON SATURDAY...STORMS MAY GET A BOOST FROM A SURFACE FRONT FORECAST TO PUSH INTO THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE STATE. OTHERWISE THE OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN IS NOT EXPECTED TO CHANGE MUCH THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. WETTING RAIN SHOULD FAVOR NORTHERN AND WESTERN LOCALES WHILE SOME OF THE SLOW MOVING STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. NEXT WEEK WILL STILL FEATURE SLIGHT TO MODERATE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND STORMS...THOUGH PLACEMENT OF GREATEST COVERAGE MAY WAFFLE SOME BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE STATE.

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